HDMC will use FB to solve civic problems
Basavaraj F Kattimani May 20, 2011, 11.24pm IST
HUBLI: To reach out to more people and to provide them a platform to express opinions and register complaints, Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has started using Facebook, a popular social networking site.
Those having civic problems in their wards or suggestions for the corporation can now reach the civic authorities at the click of a mouse.
HDMC is said to be the first corporation in the state to utilize the social networking for the benefit of people. "Our intention of putting the HDMC on Facebook is to enable people of the twin cities to freely interact with the HDMC authorities to get their problems solved," K V Trilokchandra, HDMC commissioner, said, and added: "Besides airing their grievances, people can also suggest the authorities ways to improve civic services". The officials monitoring the web postings would attend to them immediately.
The commissioner said they want to target the younger generation through the networking site. "We got an overwhelming response - 580 postings to be precise - within 2-3 days of going online. The respondents were happy to see HDMC on Facebook," he added.
